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in new mexico we have navajo coal miners making $60,000 a year. but under president obama they are being sent to the house to live on government subsistence-level checks. $60,000 a year taxpayer gone coming from the epa, and the epa admits the rules they're implementing to silence those coal miners will not impact the environment enough to be soon by the human eye. we used to have 123 timber mills in new mexico processing timber from our national forests. matt allen was one of the 123, today he's the last one standing. he's down from 96 employees that have dropped to a low of 12 because of government policies. i will tell you that the american government is crushing american businesses. they're crushing the middle class. the genius of america is being silenced. our best performers are giving up. the hardest workers are walking away. businesses are our hope for the future, they're our hope for a healthy economy, and they're looking at a government? and wondering what's going on. businesses are the thing that separate us from being south sudan. of w
in new mexico we have navajo coal miners making $60,000 a year. but under president obama they are being sent to the house to live on government subsistence-level checks. $60,000 a year taxpayer gone coming from the epa, and the epa admits the rules they're implementing to silence those coal miners will not impact the environment enough to be soon by the human eye. we used to have 123 timber mills in new mexico processing timber from our national forests. matt allen was one of the 123, today...
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now in its third year. it was a deadly day there. a bombing in the heart of damascus. our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell also with us from jerusalem tonight with more on these late developments. andrea, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. on syria there is no daylight between the u.s. and israel on the threat next door. today that suicide bomber blew up a damascus mosque killing 42 people including a prominent sheikh who supports the assad regime. opposition leaders denied all responsibility. this is just another sign of vulnerability in a regime that has thousands of chemical weapons. today president obama warned assad and his forces that the world is watching. the president said they will be held accountable if they use chemical weapons or let them fall into the hands of terrorists. but in secret testimony this week, congressional committees were told some of these deadly weapons are, in effect, locked and loaded. and that the regime plans to use them. israeli intelligence
now in its third year. it was a deadly day there. a bombing in the heart of damascus. our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell also with us from jerusalem tonight with more on these late developments. andrea, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. on syria there is no daylight between the u.s. and israel on the threat next door. today that suicide bomber blew up a damascus mosque killing 42 people including a prominent sheikh who supports the assad regime....
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, because of the higher costs associated with obama care. you see some declines there as well. for the week, the major indices, believe it or not, this would be the worst week of the year. and essentially, all the major indices are down fractionally. and i say for the s&p 500, down 0.4%, an indication of how strong we've been all throughout the year. i'll have the final numbers in just half an hour. guys, back to you. >> thank you so much, bob. nearly a month ago, byron wien told us that the market was getting ahead of itself and profit margins could take it back. >> that was back on the 27th. since then, the markets have continued to climbing. joining us, byron wien, happy friday, byron. >> yeah, i'm still there. >> so you're still cautious? the market has continued higher. >> well, yeah, you know, as long as the fed is pumping $85 billion a month into the market, a lot of that is designed to go into the real economy. but it ends up going into financial assets. so it's been pushing stocks higher. but, you know, the earnings season is starti
, because of the higher costs associated with obama care. you see some declines there as well. for the week, the major indices, believe it or not, this would be the worst week of the year. and essentially, all the major indices are down fractionally. and i say for the s&p 500, down 0.4%, an indication of how strong we've been all throughout the year. i'll have the final numbers in just half an hour. guys, back to you. >> thank you so much, bob. nearly a month ago, byron wien told us...
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she and other republicans, you know, have argued for years they believe obama care will ultimately mean people will lose their insurance and their health will be in danger. of course, she took that to a whole other level by saying that they would literally be killed, which you're right, she doesn't address in the statement. >> appreciate it. isha is here with the "360" bulletin. >>> u.s. intelligence officials now believe the assad regime in syria did not use chemical weapons on its own people. despite claims by rebel forces that those weapons were used, officials tell cnn there are multiple indicators that they were not deployed. >>> president obama is on an out of state dinner in israel marking the close ties between the u.s. and israel. he was awarded the presidential medal of distinction, israel's highest civilian honor. >>> major change coming to chicago. 53 underutilized public schools will be closed. officials say the money saved will be used to install air conditioning in other school facilities, invested in libraries and used to buy ipads for students in grades 3 through 8. >>>
she and other republicans, you know, have argued for years they believe obama care will ultimately mean people will lose their insurance and their health will be in danger. of course, she took that to a whole other level by saying that they would literally be killed, which you're right, she doesn't address in the statement. >> appreciate it. isha is here with the "360" bulletin. >>> u.s. intelligence officials now believe the assad regime in syria did not use chemical...
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, coming after some years of real tension between the israeli government and the obama administration. now the tough work begins now on moving this forward. and there really isn't a framework yet. there isn't a process yet ahead. and that's to come. secretary state kerry will return to jerusalem tomorrow. and one can expect a new push here today. here. but it's -- >> could king abdullah play a key roll if there is in the future a u.s. led peace push? >> he's going to have to play an essential role, because the other state that has signed a peace treaty with israel is egypt. and we know from the political changes that have occurred there in the wake of the arab spring that morsi has taken a much tougher line with israel and i think it very unlikely that egypt will play a historic role in trying to help out in a peace process. so it's going to fall more on king abdullah's shoulders in jordan. and that will be a big part of president obama's discussions with the king tonight and tomorrow along with the crisis in neighboring syria. >> let's talk about syria. let's start request the fact t
, coming after some years of real tension between the israeli government and the obama administration. now the tough work begins now on moving this forward. and there really isn't a framework yet. there isn't a process yet ahead. and that's to come. secretary state kerry will return to jerusalem tomorrow. and one can expect a new push here today. here. but it's -- >> could king abdullah play a key roll if there is in the future a u.s. led peace push? >> he's going to have to play an...
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there is not any indication that if background checks were to pass that later this year president obama would have a new agenda. host: bel air, maryland, democrat line. jim, good morning. caller: i heard the lady call from maryland and other people talk about keeping firearms in armories. to me, the meaning of the second amendment is home and self- defense against a terrorist-type government. i live in a rural area. i do not know who they think they are going to call if someone breaks in their home or threatens their life. the police will not be there in two seconds. to me, my firearms in my home or my self protection. maryland is trying to pass the flaws that make no sense at all and it mostly is posturing because our governor o'malley wants to run for president and let me ask you two a question. do you have guns in your homes on the or what protection do you have? , are youy with us, jim a member of any gun advocacy groups like the nra? caller: for years to read am a member of national rifle. we have background checks. i have no problem with background checks, but now maryland wants t
there is not any indication that if background checks were to pass that later this year president obama would have a new agenda. host: bel air, maryland, democrat line. jim, good morning. caller: i heard the lady call from maryland and other people talk about keeping firearms in armories. to me, the meaning of the second amendment is home and self- defense against a terrorist-type government. i live in a rural area. i do not know who they think they are going to call if someone breaks in their...
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we first told you about it over a year ago. president obama, if you haven't tried it, here's why we think you should consider it. >> reporter: loud, dusty and very hot. the world's biggest camel ranch is busy at milking time. 2500 camels file in groups of 12 for automatic milking twice a day. camels produce about half as much milk as cows, but less might be more. some people say camel milk is like a miracle drug. they say it could help cure autism, diabetes, cancer and even aids. that's because camel stomachs are similar to human ones. that makes a big difference, according to veterinarians. the milk is called camel-licious and the united arab emirates is one of the world's biggest producer. setting up the first automated milking was hard because every camel is a slightly different height. >> you see the humps one after the other. it's not like one row. different models, all different. >> reporter: that's the female. the male's not nearly as pleasant or attractive. >> ratio is one to 100. >> one to 100? >> yeah. >> wow. >> repo
we first told you about it over a year ago. president obama, if you haven't tried it, here's why we think you should consider it. >> reporter: loud, dusty and very hot. the world's biggest camel ranch is busy at milking time. 2500 camels file in groups of 12 for automatic milking twice a day. camels produce about half as much milk as cows, but less might be more. some people say camel milk is like a miracle drug. they say it could help cure autism, diabetes, cancer and even aids. that's...
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obama was able to persuade netanyahu to telephone the turkish leader, prime minister erdogan. they were able to reach a compromise that they were unable to reach over the last three years between those two very strong allies and very critical friends of the united states in this region. netanyahu for the first time did what he refused to do over the last three years. he apologized for israel's can i go of nine palestinians on that flotilla three years ago when it was trying to reach gaza. he apologized for the killing of the nine. he said israel will pay financial compensation to the families of those nine people. and he said the third condition that turkey was insisting upon, he said israel will do what it can to relax the siege of gaza even further. in return the turkish prime minister said we will resume diplomatic relations with israel. send an ambassador to tel aviv, to jerusalem. what that means is that that former very close military cooperation between turkey and israel, he have significant and important, could be resumed soon. so that was a major achievement by presid
obama was able to persuade netanyahu to telephone the turkish leader, prime minister erdogan. they were able to reach a compromise that they were unable to reach over the last three years between those two very strong allies and very critical friends of the united states in this region. netanyahu for the first time did what he refused to do over the last three years. he apologized for israel's can i go of nine palestinians on that flotilla three years ago when it was trying to reach gaza. he...
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president obama did invest in infrastructure. not enough. the afce estimates we need to spend $200 billion a year more in the next eight years to just get our infrastructure into fairly good shape. building america's future report came out two years ago and said the same thing. $200 million a year more and the omb certainly not a radical organization said that $180 billion a year more would be justified by the economic and societal good that would come from that type of investment. look, politicians have to understand. there is a difference between investing and spending. when you invest you do things that have long-term value. as you pointed out, for the economy. ports, rail, airports. roads. those things are incredibly important for goods movement. you have to invest to keep growing. every business that grows successful, invests. we've got to do it. grover norquist be damned. >> governor, it seems i want to follow up with you. it seems like this is sort of a long-term pain argument, which is, okay. the bridges and the rail and the ports. t
president obama did invest in infrastructure. not enough. the afce estimates we need to spend $200 billion a year more in the next eight years to just get our infrastructure into fairly good shape. building america's future report came out two years ago and said the same thing. $200 million a year more and the omb certainly not a radical organization said that $180 billion a year more would be justified by the economic and societal good that would come from that type of investment. look,...
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and 84-year-old cleric was one of the strongest supporters. eighty-four people were wounded in that explosion. president obama visited the memorial to honor the holocaust. president obama now heads to neighboring jordan for talks with the king. those are your headlines. back to kabul. connell: thank you very much. the american workforce will be freelancers by the year 2020. more and more people wanting to work a flexible schedule. small and personal businesses will increase over the next seven years. dagen: pepsi is rolling out a new look for its soto bottle. there is a new contour on the bottom of the bottle that is supposed to make it easier to grip. the company says it will hit store shelves next month. you can take a look at pepsico. connell: harvard, if you watched this game late last night, pulled off the first major upset of the season. it was a pretty big shot when they beat the third-seeded new mexico. the funny thing is, last year's team was supposed to be better than this years. they had not been in the tournament since 1847. next t
and 84-year-old cleric was one of the strongest supporters. eighty-four people were wounded in that explosion. president obama visited the memorial to honor the holocaust. president obama now heads to neighboring jordan for talks with the king. those are your headlines. back to kabul. connell: thank you very much. the american workforce will be freelancers by the year 2020. more and more people wanting to work a flexible schedule. small and personal businesses will increase over the next seven...
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. >> that i will faithfully execute -- >> what if president obama had faced him and him in last year's election? who would be living here? during the republican primary, rick santorum and newt gingrich just couldn't see eye to eye and they trained their sights on each other. >> at times you just sort of, you know, that worrisome moment that something is going to pop and we can't afford that in a nominee. >> i think long before rick came to congress i was busy being a rebel. those are just historic facts even if they're inconvenient for rick's campaign. >> reporter: but soon they stopped snipping at each other and started sniping at romney. before long, both men had dealt serious blows to the front-runner. santorum with the surprise squeaker in iowa followed by a gingrich win in south carolina. suddenly, mitt romney was on the ropes. a gingrich adviser went to the santorum camp. would the senator join the speaker on one ticket? no. santorum was surging and wanted his own shot but they still became strange bed fellows. >> i agree with rick's point. i would urge the states then to return
. >> that i will faithfully execute -- >> what if president obama had faced him and him in last year's election? who would be living here? during the republican primary, rick santorum and newt gingrich just couldn't see eye to eye and they trained their sights on each other. >> at times you just sort of, you know, that worrisome moment that something is going to pop and we can't afford that in a nominee. >> i think long before rick came to congress i was busy being a...
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this weekend marks three years since president obama signed it. can you believe that? juan williams is a fox news political analyst. mary katharine ham, editor-at-large of hotair.com and a fox news contributor and they both join us. thank you. >> hello. >> good morning, heather. heather: happy birthday, obamacare. mary katherine. i will start with you. is there any reason to celebrate? >> i think there is a lot of people don't think there is reason to celebrate and there is a couple reasons for that. it is fairly unpopular since it was passed because of way it was the paed there were a lot of promises made. at the time i was skeptical of them. you could keep health insurance if you liked it. that turns out not to be true. the rights are so strength genk that their insurance is not legal anymore. that it would cost families less. that is the not case over last couple years. the premiums gone up faster than they did before the bill. it would cost less for the society. many government agencies and also kaiser private agencies found that, look the cost curve is going up, n
this weekend marks three years since president obama signed it. can you believe that? juan williams is a fox news political analyst. mary katharine ham, editor-at-large of hotair.com and a fox news contributor and they both join us. thank you. >> hello. >> good morning, heather. heather: happy birthday, obamacare. mary katherine. i will start with you. is there any reason to celebrate? >> i think there is a lot of people don't think there is reason to celebrate and there is a...
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it's that time of year. the mayhem of march. >> three points! >> everybody is in on the bracket craze, from justin timberlake to president obama, all facing off to see who's best at picking the trail of winners leading up to the coronation of a new college basketball king. but if predicting the best in hoops isn't your thing you've got plenty of other choices. today, paper and cyberbrackets are being prepped for everything enabling pop culture fans to pick the winners of matchups in categories ranging from best desserts to champion zoo animals. welcome to bracket wars. if dragon and swords are up your alley, guess what, there is a bracket for "game of thrones." and the best to come over the past 30 years, according to a pop culture website, it wasn't "friends." >> how you doing? >> reporter: "cheers" or even "seinfeld." it was "the simpsons." >> whoo-hoo. >> reporter: richard sandomir, the co-author of "the final four of everything," says you need one element to have a good bracket. >> anything with a lot of choice. it's sort of an eternal kind
it's that time of year. the mayhem of march. >> three points! >> everybody is in on the bracket craze, from justin timberlake to president obama, all facing off to see who's best at picking the trail of winners leading up to the coronation of a new college basketball king. but if predicting the best in hoops isn't your thing you've got plenty of other choices. today, paper and cyberbrackets are being prepped for everything enabling pop culture fans to pick the winners of matchups in...
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three years after president obama signed health care reform into law, republican opponents are still treating it like a dise disease that needs to be cured. >> obama care is hurting young people, seniors, hispanics, african-americans. >> reporter: texas gop senator ted cruz is the latest lawmaker to propose eliminating obama care. like all of the other repeal attempts, it failed. >> i intend to keep trying to repeal obama care and to fight for pro growth policies every single day. >> reporter: cruz tells cnn the law will put the economy in critical condition. >> the economy is not growing and implementing obama care now raises a very real possibility we will push this nation into a recession. i'm trying to make the case -- >> reporter: you are saying the president's health care law will cause recession. it could very well. we've had more than 35 separate votes in the congress about that and we've always upheld the affordable care act. >> reporter: democrats argue republicans should just stop. noting the law has not only survived a challenge to the supreme court but also former presid
three years after president obama signed health care reform into law, republican opponents are still treating it like a dise disease that needs to be cured. >> obama care is hurting young people, seniors, hispanics, african-americans. >> reporter: texas gop senator ted cruz is the latest lawmaker to propose eliminating obama care. like all of the other repeal attempts, it failed. >> i intend to keep trying to repeal obama care and to fight for pro growth policies every single...
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a big issue on their agenda, the bloody two-year civil war raging in neighboring syria. chief white house correspondent ed henry is traveling with the president in jordan. ed? >> reporter: good to see you, jon, you're right, the president had kind of a sunset arrival here, such a peaceful, majestic setting here in iowa man, but the bottom line is, as you say, a lot of conflict right in the neighborhood. obviously, syria to the north. let's not forget king abdullah, who's a key u.s. ally, has had his own grip on power here weakening. and when you look at the conflict in syria, as you noted, there's fears that civil war will come across the border here into overis can. -- jordan. there's already been about 500,000 refugees into jordan, it's straining their economy here. there's also fear about those chemical weapons in syria, will those come across the borderer and cause more violence and chaos? when i sat down yesterday with the israeli president, shimon peres, he said king abdullah and other leaders in the arab world need to step up here to stop the violence in syria. ta
a big issue on their agenda, the bloody two-year civil war raging in neighboring syria. chief white house correspondent ed henry is traveling with the president in jordan. ed? >> reporter: good to see you, jon, you're right, the president had kind of a sunset arrival here, such a peaceful, majestic setting here in iowa man, but the bottom line is, as you say, a lot of conflict right in the neighborhood. obviously, syria to the north. let's not forget king abdullah, who's a key u.s. ally,...
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the house also approved paul ryan's budget proposal which would cut 4.6 trillion dollars over 10 years, repeal the 2010 health care law and replace traditional medicare with a government subsidy to purchase health insurance. the house will return tuesday, april 9. we will have live coverage. meanwhile, a live look in the u.s. senate chamber. the senators will be speaking throughout the day. 50 hours of debate underway in the u.s. senate and you can follow that on c-span two. we expect a round of amendment votes this afternoon. among the amendments they have debated and voted on, the proposal by house republicans, the ryan budget, which failed in the senate as an amendment by a vote of 40-59, and they also passed narrowly an amendment the medicalveal device tax in the 2010 health care law. again, the debate is underway. we caught up with a capitol hill reporter for inside information on the budget proposals in the house and senate. among the amendments they have debated and .ost: let's talk about the cr guest: congress is saying at least for today we avoided a showdown. the senate has p
the house also approved paul ryan's budget proposal which would cut 4.6 trillion dollars over 10 years, repeal the 2010 health care law and replace traditional medicare with a government subsidy to purchase health insurance. the house will return tuesday, april 9. we will have live coverage. meanwhile, a live look in the u.s. senate chamber. the senators will be speaking throughout the day. 50 hours of debate underway in the u.s. senate and you can follow that on c-span two. we expect a round...
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next year. we got obama talking about climate change. so that's a step. >> bill: do you know how many people participate? >> i don't have an exact count. it's really an organic event. it's meant for people to make it their own, have fun it with. some people have a candlelight dinner, i think we'll do a dance party in the dark with my two year old. it's meant to be an event to have fun with. some cities are holding, you know, speaker's events other cities are having, you know outdoor events, so everybody makes it their own. >> bill: so you find your creative way to celebrate without any lights on. >> and there are a lot of fun things to do in the dark. [ laughter ] >> careful. >> bill: right. so for people who are not joining together in some public event just as you say, turn off the lights and have a candlelight dinner, or whatever. >> exactly. >> bill: or no tv, right? >> we're not prescriptive. it's a symbolic event. it's the first step. we encourage people to spend a little bit of time during the hour also thinking about what happens
next year. we got obama talking about climate change. so that's a step. >> bill: do you know how many people participate? >> i don't have an exact count. it's really an organic event. it's meant for people to make it their own, have fun it with. some people have a candlelight dinner, i think we'll do a dance party in the dark with my two year old. it's meant to be an event to have fun with. some cities are holding, you know, speaker's events other cities are having, you know outdoor...
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>>brian: ladies and gentlemen, a two-year-old. that's incredible. >>anna: we've got to get this kid on the show. >>steve: he got a little hung up on what john f. kennedy said but he knew exactly what bill clinton said. >>brian: unbelievable. i don't know if he know what bill clinton said. >>steve: he knew the line. >>brian: he even knew how to count. incredible. >>anna: 6:34. to your news headline. senate majority leader harry reid con conceding duet on the democrats -- con seethe defeat on the democrats plan on assault weapons. many lawmakers and gun rights advocates plan to fight those regulations claiming provisions violate their constitutional right to bear arms. >>brian: he spent 23 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. this holocaust survivor and rabbi walking out of a prison -- walking out of prison in new york yesterday after a judge overturned his 1990 conviction for a botched robbery. it turns out there was no physical evidence against him. just flawed witness testimony. >> i said in the beginning i have nothing to do with this c
>>brian: ladies and gentlemen, a two-year-old. that's incredible. >>anna: we've got to get this kid on the show. >>steve: he got a little hung up on what john f. kennedy said but he knew exactly what bill clinton said. >>brian: unbelievable. i don't know if he know what bill clinton said. >>steve: he knew the line. >>brian: he even knew how to count. incredible. >>anna: 6:34. to your news headline. senate majority leader harry reid con conceding duet on...
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ono posted the picture on what would have been her 44th wedding anniversary and wrote "after 33 years our son sean and i still miss him." >>> powerball player, going online to share their dreams of winning saturday's jackpot, up to $320 million. your chance of winning about 1 in 175 million. >>> it's no surprise this video is going viral once you find out who is inside that uniform onesie, it's none other than miley cyrus. the video was meant to rally support for an online pea session banning the use of carriage horses in new york. you're up to date. it's 8:04, back outside to dylan dreyer with a check of the weather. >> good morning natalie and everyone. we have a beautiful sign here. who is the crafty one? it's not so much warmer in their neck of the woods. in georgia we did have some flurries this morning so you're not missing much down there. today's pick city, columbia, south carolina, not too bad, 57 degrees, still well below average for that part of the country, too. we have some heavy rain moving into mississippi that will spread into alabama and georgia today. we are looking
ono posted the picture on what would have been her 44th wedding anniversary and wrote "after 33 years our son sean and i still miss him." >>> powerball player, going online to share their dreams of winning saturday's jackpot, up to $320 million. your chance of winning about 1 in 175 million. >>> it's no surprise this video is going viral once you find out who is inside that uniform onesie, it's none other than miley cyrus. the video was meant to rally support for an...
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last year, judge carroll jackson, who was appointed by president george h.w. bush, ruled in support of this compromise, saying, "federal religious freedom law is a shield, not a sword. it is not a means to force one's religious practice upon others." i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. the presiding officer: all time has expired. the yeas and nays have been ordered. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber who wish to vote or wish to change their vote? seeing none, the ayes are 44, the nays are 55. the amendment does not pass. mrs. murray: move to reconsider. move to lay it on the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: mr. president? the senate is not in order. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. mrs. murray: for the information of all senators, that vote went a little bit over. we are not going to let votes go over. if you're not in the chamber, you will miss votes. we have got to be able to do this in order to move ahead expeditiously. the presid
last year, judge carroll jackson, who was appointed by president george h.w. bush, ruled in support of this compromise, saying, "federal religious freedom law is a shield, not a sword. it is not a means to force one's religious practice upon others." i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. the presiding officer: all time has expired. the yeas and nays have been ordered. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber who...